Atheist here. Those books are classics. Staples in our OWN library. Along with the Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking (our kids even have lucy and Stephen Hawking books). Maybe buy more books? |
Snubby elitist response. A lot of people are relying on public libraries for their kids and not many people with multiple kids can afford buying books. And for people who live in the city, space to keep the books at home is simply not an option due to the space limits. |
100% It is like telling the person who is getting their food from the food bank to go try to shop at Whole Foods. |
Abortion. I was always pro-abortion. Grew up in soviet union where abortion was just as common method of contraception as condoms in US. Now, when I know so many women who have had it and knowing how it impacted their mental health, I became more pro-life. |
How did this changed your mind about abortion? |
Giving birth to a child that you don’t want/ is the the product of rape/ etc. can also impact a woman’s mental health. |
Covid. I still didn't have one. Keep waiting because I updated my will in 2021. |
1. Poverty. I used to think people could get out of poverty if they just did the right things. Now I know it’s not possible. It’s heartbreaking and those in poverty need help.
2. Education. I used to think everyone had a basic similar high school education that included science, history, etc….now I see that isn’t the case, and people fear what they don’t understand. |
There are currently 50 C.S. Lewis books and 37 Carl Sagan in Montgomery county libraries and you can have anyone that is not at your local branch sent there. |
+1 I have one neurotypical child and one neurodivergent child and they are so different. I’m sure when other adults see the behavior of the ND child, they assume they are just a “bad kid” which was caused by my lousy parenting. To be honest, I probably would have thought the the same thing before I had kids. If I just had the NT kid I would consider myself parent of the year. |
Religion. Belief in a deity and an afterlife. Grew up a weekly church-going Catholic who used to pray all the time. Now I think that after we die it's just like before we were born, in terms of our consciousness and that there's no benevolent being watching over the world and intervening in it. |
Yes, so many fruits and vegetables are like that - people are used to eating blah versions of them. But when you get really fresh in-season produce - and prepared in a decent way (if it needs cooking)- it's a revelation. And it's peach season now! |
Voting
I've always believed every adult should have a vote in a democracy. Since 2016 I changed my mind. Previously people who didn't understand or pay attention to politics, the issues, what's going on in the country and the world, mostly just didn't bother voting. Then Trump ran and they all decided to vote despite their intense lack of knowledge and understanding. That's how he got elected and might get elected again. So now I think maybe there should be an IQ test or a general knowledge test or something. Deliberately ignorant or intellectually impaired people should not be deciding the fate of our country. |
is this your attitude to children living in poverty too? |
You became anti-abortion. Only vegan pacifists can call themselves pro-life without being hypocrites. |